Bug#542866: lintian: Check for PS and PDF files in source package

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

"Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@debian.org> writes:

> Can we have a check on lintian (at informational level) that verifies if
> the source package has PS or PDF files, please?  This check would be
> valid only if the package has its section as main (non-free can have
> files without the "source code").

I don't believe there's anything wrong with having PS and PDF files in the
source package provided that the source is also available.  I have such
cases in my packages and have never had a problem.

I think it's going to be impossible for Lintian to figure out whether a
given PS or PDF file has source accompanying it.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>